Tomato Pizza Sauce | Marinara Sauce | Homemade pizza sauce
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Recipe type: Homemade
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 1 bowl
 
Tangy and flavourful, fresh home-made basic tomato pizza sauce
Ingredients
  • 400 gm plum tomatoes organic canned or 300 gm regular blanched tomatoes
  • 2 grated cloves of garlic
  • ½ Tbsp good olive oil
  • 8-10 freshly ground black peppercorn
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Tsp sugar
  • ½ Tsp heaped dried oregano
  • 6-7 leaves fresh basil
  • 2 Tbsp grated veg parmesan(optional)
Method
  1. Grind tomatoes into a paste, keep aside
  2. Tip in 2 grated garlic cloves into cold ½ tbsp olive oil and keep on stove, saute for a few seconds
  3. Pour tomato puree and let it simmer
  4. Season with salt, sugar and ground pepper
  5. Add oregano and chopped basil
  6. Mix and keep stirring on low flame for 2-3 minutes
  7. Sauce is done when it thickens
  8. Grate parmesan cheese optionally
  9. Store or use for making pizzas once it cools a bit
Notes
Use dried oregano where possible as dried oregano has more concentrated woody flavour

Whereas, basil is best when used fresh but dried can also be used

To freeze, let sauce cool completely, pour into resealable freezer safe food bags, press to seal, stick into freezer and use when required

Adding garlic to room temperature prevents garlic from burning and brings out maximum flavour

Skip parmesan cheese to make this sauce vegan
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/tomato-pizza-sauce/